Sheikh Abd ar-Rahman of Kathiri

Sheikh Abd ar-Rahman of Kathiri (790-840) was the Shiekh of Kathiri from 825 to 840, succeeding Sheikh Yu'fir of Kathiri and preceding Emir Yu'fir of Yufirid Emirate.

Biography
Abd ar-Rahman ibn Yu'fir was the son of Sheikh Yu'fir of Kathiri, and was from a Sunni Muslim Bedouin family. Abd ar-Rahman succeeded his father as Sheikh of the Sheikhdom of Kathiri upon his death in 825, and he was Sheikh until his death in 840. His son Yu'fir ibn Abd ar-Rahman al-Hiwali al-Himyari became the first emir of the Yufirid Emirate.